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Announcement by HISA & HIWU Regarding Provisional Suspensions: The policy changes linked to here will be effective immediately and shall apply to any Responsible Person Provisionally Suspended following a positive test for a Banned Substance. Statement from National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback: "The National HBPA understands when there are seismic changes, there will be bumps [...]
Photo courtesy Donald Smith Open Letter to the Industry By Donald Smith, DVM I am in the twilight of a career spanning more than 40 years practicing veterinary medicine at racetracks. With great sadness I question whether any of today’s vet school graduates — if they even choose to be a “horse doc” [...]
Press release from the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU) announced today that it has launched a mobile HIWU app to assist stakeholders in the Thoroughbred industry with the components of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program. The free app is highlighted [...]
Photo of National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback by Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation For the past several years, National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback, on behalf of his board, has spoken out about the fundamental problems with what then was the looming Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act, including warning of its assault on due process. [...]
The summer issue of The Horsemen's Journal features an excellent and timely article titled "HISA Adjudication System: It’s not your state stewards’ hearings anymore." Read the complete article at https://bit.ly/3O2xkWi
A hero is a person who is admired or idealized for their courage. Often in the face of crisis and adversity, a hero will put themselves in harm’s way to help human or horse. There are heroes all around the horse-racing industry and the Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) would like to recognize some [...]
On July 18, Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) introduced the H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act with 15 bipartisan, original cosponsors. The HIRE Act strengthens temporary work visa programs, addresses the national workforce shortage, and remedies our nation’s broken immigration system. “I represent 119 cities in Texas. From urban cores to rural communities, one thing unites them all: a [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Summer 2023 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of the printed magazine, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: Double Decade Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Kentucky celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023 HISA Adjudication [...]
From Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association: On Monday, the Louisville Courier Journal published an op-ed written by Peter Ecabert, General Counsel for the National HBPA. I want to encourage you to take a few minutes to read it and then share it with your fellow horsemen by text, [...]
Eric Hamelback (Photo by Denis Blake) Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National HBPA, told an assembly of track superintendents Tuesday that simply piling on more regulations will not make racing safer and that it is hamstringing the very horsemanship that is needed now more than ever. Hamelback further said that unsoundness doesn’t “just start at the [...]